Wildfire near Municipio San Miguel de Velasco (Jul 24 · E)
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Fire (SWIR)
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Satellite sensors are currently detecting a moderate heat signature from an active wildfire spanning 150 hectares (371 acres) in Municipio San Miguel de Velasco, Bolivia. The incident, which began on July 23, 2026, has seen 12 thermal anomalies registered nearby over the past 48 hours.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 4 days. In total it burned about 150 ha (371 acres) — around 1.5 km².
Close to the tropics, fires tend to follow the dry season and are often linked to land-clearing rather than a single summer peak.
The bigger picture in Bolivia
Across Bolivia, roughly 883,024 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 86% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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